Delhi HC to pass verdict Wednesday on pleas over errors in CLAT UG-2025 questionnaire
New Delhi, The Delhi High Court is scheduled to pronounce on Wednesday its order on a batch of petitions alleging certain errors in the Common Law Admission Test UG-2025 questionnaire.
According to the cause list uploaded on the court's website, a bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela will pass the verdict on April 23 at 2:30 pm.
The court on April 9 concluded hearing the lawyers for petitioner aspirants, who appeared in the exam in December 2024, and Consortium of National Law Universities and reserved its order.
The court had heard arguments on the questions which are under challenge in the petitions.
It is yet to hear the petitions which have challenged certain questions in CLAT PG- 2025.
The common law admission test determines admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate law courses in national law universities in the country.
Multiple pleas were filed in different high courts alleging several questions in the exam were wrong.
On February 6, the Supreme Court transferred all the petitions over the issue to the Delhi High Court for a "consistent adjudication".
The top court passed the direction on the transfer petitions of CNLUs.
The Delhi High Court had earlier said "suspense and anxiety" were not good for the aspirants and that it intended to complete hearing on the petitions at the earliest for the results to be declared.
There was an urgency in the petitions concerning the undergraduate examinations and the petitions for the post graduate course would be taken up separately, it had added.
Several students wanted the cases to be transferred to the Delhi High Court, saying it passed a favourable order for some petitioners by identifying errors in two questions of the CLAT-UG 2025 exam and directing the consortium to revise their results.
On December 20, 2024, a Delhi High Court's single judge bench directed the consortium to revise the result of CLAT-2025 over the errors in the answer key.
The single judge's verdict, which came on the plea of a CLAT aspirant, ruled the answers to two questions in the entrance test were wrong.
The plea challenged the answer key published by the consortium on December 7, 2024 while seeking a direction to declare correct answers to certain questions.
The single judge bench said the errors were "demonstrably clear" and "shutting a blind eye" would amount to injustice.
While the aspirant challenged the single judge's order which refused his prayer over the other two questions, the consortium also moved the division bench of the Delhi High Court against the single judge's decision.
On December 24, 2024, the division bench refused to pass any interim order after prima facie finding no error with the single judge's order over the two questions and said the consortium was free to declare the results in terms of the judge's decision.
The CLAT, 2025 for admissions in five-year LLB courses in NLUs was held on December 1 and results were declared on December 7, 2024.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Time of India
2 hours ago
- Time of India
Gujarat rolls out electronics policy to xraw investment of Rs 35,000 crore
Gujarat's GECMS-2025 aims to attract industries and boost electronic component manufacturing, targeting ₹35,000 crore in new investments and high-skilled job creation. The policy offers 100% central assistance for MeitY-approved projects established in Gujarat, ensuring dual incentive benefits. It focuses on key segments like printed circuit boards and lithium-ion cells, while also supporting R&D and talent development with assistance for institutions. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads In a bid to attract attract industries and boost production of electronic components in the state, Gujarat rolled out he Gujarat Electronics Component Manufacturing Policy-2025 ( GECMS-2025 ).The police targets to garner over ₹35,000 crore in New Investments and high-skilled employment generation in Gujarat's electronics component manufacturing to the state government, under this new policy, projects approved and supported by the MeitY, Government of India, will be eligible for 100% central assistance when established in Gujarat. Hence, MeitY-approved projects set up in the state will receive dual incentive benefits, one from the Central government and another from the state with the Central Government's Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), Gujarat's GECMS-2025 ensures a 100% top-up on central support and guarantees timely disbursement of once a project receives approval under the ECMS from MeitY, it will automatically become eligible for the same grant-in-aid in Gujarat. The state government will disburse its incentive within 30 days of the Central government releasing its policy will boost investment in key segments such as multi-layer and HDI printed circuit boards, lithium-ion cells, SMD passive components, display and camera modules, electronic parts, and the additional required machinery essential for their production. A core focus of the policy is to bridge the talent gap, promote innovation and offer support for Research and development initiatives. Recognised institutions based in Gujarat will be eligible for assistance of up to ₹12.5 crore from the state government to establish centres of excellence, finishing schools, or applied research laboratories.
Time of India
3 hours ago
- Time of India
Lectures hit out at TN govt over CAS benefit
Trichy: Seeking benefits of the career advancement scheme for lectures, the association of university teachers (AUT) expressed disappointment over the state govt for planning to challenge a high court judgment over the issue at the Supreme Court. "On one hand, the Commissioner of Collegiate Education issued a letter on June 9, instructing all regional joint directors to urgently submit updated CAS-related data of eligible teachers by June 10," K Raja of the AUT said in a statement. However, in a "contradictory move", it said, "a communication dated June 16 addressed to A Muraliraj, assistant professor of Mathematics, Urumu Dhanalakshmi College, Trichy, reveals that the govt has chosen to challenge a favourable high court judgment in the Supreme Court by filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) to deny CAS monetary benefits." Urging the authorities to honour the high court verdict, the association said that the CAS is a statutory right, not a privilege. "Any attempt to delay or deny it adversely affects the morale, dignity, and academic integrity of the teaching community," it added.
Time of India
5 hours ago
- Time of India
Par panel to discuss judges' code of conduct
A Parliamentary panel is set to discuss the code of conduct for judges in the higher judiciary , even as the government is poised to move an impeachment motion against former Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma . The judge is under scrutiny over the recovery of unaccounted for cash from his national capital residence. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, in a meeting on Tuesday, will discuss the issue and will also deliberate on the post-retirement assignments of judges. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo "The Committee will hear the Secretary, Department of Justice on the subject 'Judicial processes and their reform' concerning issues of Code of Conduct for the judges of higher judiciary and taking up post-retirement assignments by judges," a notice sent by the committee secretariat informed members of the panel. The Committee of the Rajya Sabha is headed by BJP MP Brij Lal and has former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who is a nominated MP, former minister of state for law P P Chaudhary, TMC MPs Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Kalyan Banerjee, Congress's Vivek Tankha, and DMK's P Wilson and A Raja as its key members. Live Events While Justice Varma is likely to be impeached, the Opposition has already given a notice for the same action against Allahabad High Court judge Justice Shekhar Yadav. After the cash recovery, Justice Varma was repatriated to his parent court, the Allahabad High Court. He has denied the charges against him. The Rajya Sabha Secretariat is also verifying the signatures of the MPs who signed the impeachment notice against Justice Yadav for an alleged hate speech he gave. The secretariat has already written to the MPs to confirm their signatures.
